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    Preventing crime in a neighborhood can be easily done with a neighborhood watch program because it involves all members of a society. The Social Control Theory‚ or Social Bonding Theory‚ suggests that interactions and relationships between individuals are supported by bonds of commitments‚ norms‚ beliefs and values. If these bonds are strong enough‚ they can then encourage individuals to not break the law. An important fact to point out is that burglars will usually pick a target from a place that

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    Introduction to Social Comparison Theory Social comparison theory‚ first introduced by Leon Festinger explains that individuals have an inherent need to evaluate themselves and their place in the world (1954). Individuals look for external standards upon which they can compare themselves and in the absence of objective measures‚ people look to their social environment. The theory posits that individuals compare themselves to others‚ and that through these comparisons they develop self-evaluations

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    three social process theories I find to be the most valid. I feel that all three have a viable place in explaining criminal behavior and work together to form a cohesive reasoning in a symbiotic system. While each theory stands alone‚ I often wonder if it’s the need to separate things into one specific category or another that causes the explanations to be flawed. However‚ the assignment says to choose which theory I believe to be the most valid. Therefore I choose social learning theory/differential

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    CORRUPTION Evolutionary theory: One of the social problems that Philippines has been facing today is corruption. It’s been a major problem of the country since years ago. Corruption is as old as human history. But when was the concept of corruption started? In my opinion‚ corruption has started when people have organized themselves into groups‚ and that groups were headed by leaders and those leaders became powerful and began to abuse the authority they have. We‚ people chose leaders that became

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    A. Summary Social Disorganization Theory links crime rates to a neighborhood’s ecological system. Burgess had the idea of concentric zone theory‚ where the town is a series of circles in the shape of an outwardly expansive target. As the city grows‚ each inner ring invades the nearest adjacent ring and triggers a domino effect of invasion‚ domination‚ and succession. Shaw and McKay used Burgess’s model to find a pattern showing delinquents being most concentrated in the inner part of the city‚ and

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    The theory of planned behavior’s (TPB) goal is to explain human behavior by linking beliefs and behavior (Ajzen‚ 1991). It is an extension of the theory of reasoned action /c‚ as the theory of reasoned action failed to predict behavior‚ in which people did not have complete control over their decision. The central factor of the TPB is the intention. Intention describes the step between being motivated for something and doing something. Intention has been proven to be a good indicator of actual behavior

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    Social Comparisons or comparisons between the self and others are a constant in this world. Relating information to ourselves in regards to achievements and or failures as well as abilities of others are a fundamental psychological mechanism that cannot be stopped. (Dunning Hayes‚ 1996) Festingers’ Social Theory of Comparison was guided by three central questions: Why do people engage in social comparisons? To whom do they compare themselves? How do social comparisons influence the self? (Festinger

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    The conversation among social work professionals‚ until recently‚ has largely regarded nature’s effect on the human disposition as opposed to the nurturing one receives throughout the life cycle. Ecological systems theory states that a person is largely reliant on their environment. The two are so intricately woven that it is nearly impossible to separate the two in an effort to assign responsibility for human characteristics. In basic terms‚ the environment affects the person just as significantly

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    These Sociological theories offer insight on ways people adapt to changes as they age and also defines the social forces that will inhibit or encourage an active lifestyle. Disengagement‚ continuity‚ activity‚ and age stratification are ways people can adapt to changes in aging. The first explanations are the disengagement theory. This assumed that people must find ways for older people’s to give way to younger people. We are living a society that encourages its aging people to disengage from their

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    broadest sense‚ is behavior‚ or a disposition‚ that is forceful‚ hostile or attacking. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation. In narrower definitions that are used in social sciences and behavioral sciences‚ aggression is an intention to cause harm or an act intended to increase relative social dominance. Predatory or defensive behavior between members of different species may not be considered aggression in the same sense. Aggression can take a variety of forms and can be physical

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